Patras — UN urban centre
Patras: 149,900 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,043 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 268; territory: Greece (GRC). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 38.2401, 21.7422. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 161,756 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 163,526 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 173,310 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 178,160 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 186,618 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 186,847 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 188,760 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 185,624 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 164,698 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 159,159 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 149,900 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 150,380 | Projection |
| 2035 | 148,530 | Projection |
| 2040 | 146,752 | Projection |
| 2045 | 143,608 | Projection |
| 2050 | 141,344 | Projection |
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